★This is a story about friendship, memories, imagination, growth, courage and sharing, as well as the fears and the desire for friendship in everyone's heart. Through the interaction between Ms. Thekla and Hashim, readers can sense the importance of connection and support among people.
★English translation available.

Kyria Thekla rolls her cart through the city. One day she meets Hashim, and the two of them travel in her small ark to his home country, where his goldfish still lives. Before they say goodbye, Thekla gives him a book.
- Is your cart full of books? Hashim asks.
- No. It’s full of pirates, castles, dragons, and princesses.

Ms. Thekla's cart is full of all kinds of stories and fantasy elements like pirates, castles, dragons and princesses, showing children's imagination and love for stories. The story also mentions that everyone has something they are scared of. Ms. Thekla encourages Hashim to share his fears.

Maria Papayanni (Author)
She studied Greek Language and Literature and worked as a journalist in radio, television, newspapers, and magazines.
Her first book was published in 2001. Ever since she has devoted herself to writing stories, fairy tales, and novels. She loves magical, traditional tales and narrates them to children when she visits schools. She also loves theatre and has penned librettos and verses for musical theatre. Her first book, "Goodnight, Mama," was published in 2001, the same year her second child was born. Her books have enjoyed great success with children and have won numerous awards in Greece, including:
· In 2002, she co-authored "Catch them!" with Philippos Mandilaras, which won the Merit Award by the Greek section of IBBY.
· "As If By Magic" won Greek IBBY Award and the Diavazo Literary Magazine Award
· "The Lonesome Tree" won the State Prize and the Diavazo Literary Magazine Award.
"You Will Win Another Day" has been translated into multiple languages.
· She was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2020 and 2022.

After all, she believes that books have wings:
“Children know well that when the sentence Once upon a time is uttered the door opens to the place where anything may happen. And children need the world of imagination in order to understand everyday life and its difficulties.”

In her own words:
I was born in Larissa, under Mount Olympus, where the 12 gods of antiquity lived.
I grew up in a large family where everyone had the gift of telling stories. Not fairy tales, but everyday life stories, which were told over huge tables in the summer; stories would add taste in our life, the way salt and pepper add flavour to our food. I recall tears alternating with laughter. These stories seemed to me like miracles, because they could release great powers. I don’t mean to say that everyone in my family was a bit of a liar, but exaggeration was something common. That’s how I came to believe that in the quiet, provincial town where I was growing up anything could happen. Growing up, instead of confessing to myself that my family used to exaggerate, I chose to believe that we were ‘special’ and ‘unique’. And I also decided that this was the only way I could tolerate reality and put up with everyday difficulties. By making up stories…
With stories, I have always had a season ticket in my pocket which allowed me to freely come and go between everyday life and the land where… anything may happen.

Chiara Fedele (Illustrator)
She was born in Milan in 1973. She lives with her family and pets in a small village called Tremele, which is about 50 kilometers from Milan. Chiara graduated from the Milan Institute of Fine Arts and received a degree in illustration from the Comics Academy.
She has participated in many illustrator workshops. She likes to use light colors and contrast in her creations, combining traditional techniques with digital technology. Her works are varied, and her style keeps evolving. Expressionism is her favorite art period, and she is particularly fond of the works of John Singer Sargent, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Egon Schiele.
She teaches illustration and drawing techniques at the International Comics School in Brescia, in Padua.